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. >> and on the economy, we see the president going out, we see town hall meetings, joe biden carrying the pal on the stimulus package, christina romer today, another speech, saying the stimulus package is working. on health care, he's brought in the finance committee members, and it seems that the baucus/grassley compromise coming out of senate finance is certainly, according to what judd gregg was hinting out a few minutes ago, that's the emerging vehicle, at least for the senate side. >> yes. and i think we're learning a lot more about what this will look like. one thing that seems to be gone is the idea of a public option. a government-run insurance plan, that the president has indicated a preference for. but again and again, when you press administration officials, will the president sign something that doesn't have this government option? you don't get a direct answer. they're keeping their options open. so if what comes out of senate finance committee is this co-op or some kind of hybrid, that something that looks and acts a little bit like a government option, but isn't a gover
. >> and on the economy, we see the president going out, we see town hall meetings, joe biden carrying the pal on the stimulus package, christina romer today, another speech, saying the stimulus package is working. on health care, he's brought in the finance committee members, and it seems that the baucus/grassley compromise coming out of senate finance is certainly, according to what judd gregg was hinting out a few minutes ago, that's the emerging vehicle, at least for the senate side....
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a mideast expert close to her told you last month, she was supported by her friend, joe biden, the vice president. they did not prevail. the tone was cautious, although obama's denunciations of the clampdown grew stronger as it worsened the extended hand which had proved more unsettling to iran tan all the bush administration bluster was not withdrawn. so why did president obama decide, from your reporting, to remain endangered, to offer the hand, even after we what saw on the streets in tehran. >> andrea, i think we all have to acknowledge that past policy failed and past policy was consigning iran to the axis of evil. and the president came in, strongly believing that engagement with iran was essential to a successful withdraw from iraq and to advancing middle east peace between israel and palestine. and i think he's held to that, although his misgivings and even his anger over the brutal clampdown in iran since the june 12 election is clearly present. >> you wrote, also, that the president is driving iran policy. the iran gambit lies close to the core of his refashioned global strate
a mideast expert close to her told you last month, she was supported by her friend, joe biden, the vice president. they did not prevail. the tone was cautious, although obama's denunciations of the clampdown grew stronger as it worsened the extended hand which had proved more unsettling to iran tan all the bush administration bluster was not withdrawn. so why did president obama decide, from your reporting, to remain endangered, to offer the hand, even after we what saw on the streets in...
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among the speakers, deval patrick, senator john mccain, vice president joe biden, one of his close friends in the senate. tomorrow, a funeral mass will be held at boston's our laid of perpetual health basilica, a church where the senator prayed daily during his daughter's battle with lung cancer in 2002. during the funeral, he will be buried near his brothers at arlington national cemetery. first, they'll go past the capitol build, the east step of the capitol, where an honor of hundreds of kennedy's former staff members will be standing and waiting. joining us now for the hour, bob shrum, a kennedy family friend, a speechwreter for senator kennedy. the senator's staff, known widely on the hill, as the best and the brightest, partly because he was so deeply involved in the details. what would he think about the extraordinary outpouring of affection here in massachusetts for him? >> well, a lot of people go to washington and get elected and they want to stay there. he was a master of washington. probably the greatest one we've seen in 50, 60, maybe 100 years, but he always wanted to come ho
among the speakers, deval patrick, senator john mccain, vice president joe biden, one of his close friends in the senate. tomorrow, a funeral mass will be held at boston's our laid of perpetual health basilica, a church where the senator prayed daily during his daughter's battle with lung cancer in 2002. during the funeral, he will be buried near his brothers at arlington national cemetery. first, they'll go past the capitol build, the east step of the capitol, where an honor of hundreds of...
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biden, the president, of course, the national security team? i understand the reason to keep those meetings separate and try to keep those roles separate, but the secretary of state would normally have been there? >> first of all, i don't think that was planned by the president. my sense, that was planned as a debriefing from his trip. after all, president clinton spent several hours on the ground in north korea with the senior leadership there i think he probably has some very valuable information to pass on to authorities at the white house and others. that is the reason why he was there. >> what are the north koreans doing out in new mexico? hillary clinton has maintained the tough policy in north core wry ya, no more concessions for you guys' bad behavior every time they offer something. bill goes there and scoops off this atention with a sort of very ugly opening and now the north koreans reciprocate going to new mexico to see richardson? isn't this the province of the secretary of state and the united states? if she is the first spokesman
biden, the president, of course, the national security team? i understand the reason to keep those meetings separate and try to keep those roles separate, but the secretary of state would normally have been there? >> first of all, i don't think that was planned by the president. my sense, that was planned as a debriefing from his trip. after all, president clinton spent several hours on the ground in north korea with the senior leadership there i think he probably has some very valuable...